Templeogue College
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Templeogue College is a secondary school for boys, located in the Templeogue area of Dublin, Ireland. The College, one of Ireland's leading state schools, was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Catholic religious order.
The school's motto is, in Latin: In Virtute Scientia ('education rooted in values'; alternatively, 'knowledge is strength').
There are 630 day pupils. The school has an active rugby team and has twice reached the finals of the Leinster Schools Junior Cup, in 1980 and 1985, losing on both occasions. In 2004 a team visited South Africa, the first state school in Ireland to do so. The school's colours are red and blue.
Basketball, athletics, Gaelic football, soccer, hurling and swimming also offered. The concert band is notable with 60 boys involved. Senior debating teams take part in Toastmasters. There are 30 elements to the transition year programme including the European Computer Driving Licence.
[edit] Notable Past Pupils
- Diarmuid Gavin (Class 0f 1982), award winning gardener TV personality
- Malcolm O'Kelly (Class of 1991), British & Irish Lions rugby player 2001 and 2005
- Michael J. Turner, Master of the Coombe Women's Hospital
- Michael Scanlan, secretary general of the Irish Department of Health and Children
- Mick Pyro, lead singer of band Republic of Loose
[edit] External links
| Spiritan secondary schools in Ireland |
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| Blackrock College • Rockwell College • St. Mary's College • St. Michael's College • Templeogue College |
